ARTICLE 218: The following two cases shall fall under the current need to defend: 1° If the homicide has been committed, if injuries were inflicted or violence was perpetrated while pushing back, at night, an intrusion into a house or its outhouses, notably through climbing or breaking fences, walls, or enclosures. 2° If the act was committed while defending one's self from robbers or looters acting violently. SECTION V: DESERTION OF A DISABLED PERSON AND FAILURE TO ASSIST A PERSON IN DANGER PARAGRAP 1: DESERTION OF A DISABLED PERSON ARTICLE 219: Whoever deliberately abandons, in conditions such that his/her salvation depends on chance, a child or a person who can't protect his/herself, or who deliberately stops giving food or care due to this person, shall be punished, should this act result in mutilation, a permanent deformity or disease, with imprisonment of between five to ten years. When the abandonment causes death, the act shall be considered and punished accordingly. If the abandonment results in disease or incapacitation of over twenty days, the penalty shall be imprisonment between one to five years. In the other cases, the penalty shall be one to three years of imprisonment. PARAGRAPH Il: FAILURE TO ASSIST A PERSON IN DANGER ARTICLE 220: Whoever does not deliberately assist a person in danger which, without risk to his/herself or third parties, he/she can done through personal action or by calling for help, shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to three years and a fine of between 24,000 to 1 million francs, or only one of these two penalties. ARTICLE 221: When the offence of failure to assist a person in danger as spelled out in the preceding article results from a serious violation of obligations imposed by the position, profession or job of the perpetrator, the penalties stated in the preceding article may be doubled. In any case, the stated penalty may not be less than one month of imprisonment. SECTION VI: THREATS -BLACKMAIL ARTICLE 222: Whoever threatens, through speech, writing, standard gestures or signs, another person with an attack on his/her person, which is punishable with the death penalty or imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment of between six months to three years. If the threats were made with orders or conditions, the penalty shall be imprisonment of between one to five years. Whoever threatens, using speech, writings, standard gestures or signs, another person with physical attack, battery, violence or assault other than those provided for in sub paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 of article 207 of this code, if the threat was made with orders or condition, shall be punished with imprisonment of between eleven days to three month. ARTICLE 223 : Blackmail shall refer to obtaining, by threatening to reveal or accusing with facts that can undermine honour or consideration, a signature, a commitment or a waiver, or the revelation of a secret, the handover of funds, securities or any property whatsoever. Blackmail shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to five years and a fine of between twenty thousand to five hundred thousand francs. 39